California Floods 2025. The storm, driven by the season’s first major atmospheric river, inundated the pacific northwest and northern california, killing at least three people and causing widespread. According to a 2022 study by scientists at the university of california, los angeles, climate change already has doubled the likelihood of an extreme storm bringing catastrophic flooding in california, and this risk will continue to increase.
However, a new study warns that the. California can serve as a case study to help connect the dots between rising temperatures and regional atmospheric patterns and to reconcile forecasts of a future that brings both more.